Plant To Pint | Pizza Port Solana Beach

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On tap at Pizza Port in Carlsbad last weekend. Clear dark amber in the pint glass, a couple shades darker than expected for the style, with a finger of head that retains nicely. It smells of fresh citrusy hops, tangerine and grapefruit, with a subtle but sturdy malt backbone of biscuit and caramel. The taste is consumed by tropical fruit, pineapple and mango in particular, with more subtle notes of caramel and ripe tangerine. The body is on the lighter side of medium, mouthfeel a bit sticky. It finishes bitter and slightly astringent. A very solid wet hopped ale, not as exceptional as others I've tried this season, but thoroughly enjoyable.

Pizza Port Carlsbad Edition. On tap at The Brickskeller during its "Whet" Hop Ales event with Tomme Arthur.

Pours a light orange color with some copper hues. Big white head and crazy amounts of lacing. Nose brings some light fresh, green hops. No particular varietal really stands out as to pine or citrus, it's more of the "green" fresh hop flavor. The same is said of the taste, where there's a nice green, wet bitterness with a light body and somewhat low carbonation. Moderately dry finish. Quite good.

Pours a clear copper, with a finger of creamy off-white head. Smooth layer of retention skims the surface, leaving some thick foamy lacing back. The aroma is MONSTROUSLY fresh, spicy, and floral, and is just dripping with juicy citrus notes and resins. A sharp bready tang sits stolidly behind this, but man, this smells like mostly smells like tropical fruits and raw hops right up the nose. Awesome.

Hops rip the tongue with a fresh sticky character in the taste. You can literally feel the oily resins gliding across the tongue, as pine and spice prickle it with a sharp bitterness. A biting tangy blend of tropical fruits both bitter (grapefruit) and sweet (mango/tangarine) mix with bready caramel to fill out the back of this. This is nicely balance but really is all about the fresh hop character, leaving plenty of spice and resins in it's wake. The mouthfeel is medium bodied, with a nice fuller prickly creaminess to the carbonation, yet this also retains a very slick feel underneath from all of the hop oils. There is a touch of alcohol beef to this but it mostly only helps to pop the bitterness some.

Wow, just a really fantastic Fresh Hop Ale that is LOADED with delicious hop character. Pretty good drinkibility on this for the size as well. More please!

d - I thought this was one of the better beers Tomme brought to the Wet Hop event. It was a very drinkable APA I would definitely like to try again, and has a lot of citrus hops in both the smell and taste.

Port Carlsbad's fresh hop IPA consumed on 10/25/2009 at Port Carlsbad. The beer is amber with a dark orange tinge and perfect clarity. I don't often get a good bar pour, but this was a great one. The one inch head is white with great retention and lots of residual lacing clinging to the glass.

The hops are pungent in the nose. They're earthy and reminiscent of fresh cut grass on a warm summer day in the New Mexican Badlands. As the beer warms the hops become intoxicating and I'm lulled into a hop daze as I drift between half and full mast. I detect floral notes and a touch of mint. The malt is subdued and almost removed from the nose, adding a semblance of balance that's smashed by the fresh hops.

The flavor exhibits an upper moderate level of dry bitterness. I notice orange pith, grapefruit, and a shard of mango, as well as pine. The malt imparts grainy sweetness. Light tropical notes are present. I'm sitting next to Arthur Pendragon and he insists the tropical notes are primarily pineapple. Okay Arthur, whatever, I guess that's accurate. The finish is dry and earthy with lingering citrus notes.

Plant to Pint is a flavorful and thoroughly enjoyable fresh hop IPA from Port Carlsbad. This is another winner from Jeff Bagby.

Medium bodied wih a blast of sticky, dry hops that linger throughout into a slightly boozy finish. Bitter and dry with dank pine needle flavor countered by tropical and citrus fruit, especially pineapple and orange peel. Subtle malt backbone for balance with hints of graham cracker and biscuit. Very well balanced and extremely quaffable.

Golden amber with a inch-high off-white head and leaves tons of sticky, splotchy lace down the glass. Gorgeous!

Pungent citrus and tropical fruit aromas along with a strong punch of pine: this just smells fresh!

An incredibly hop-forward pale--there really isn't much else here, though that's exactly what I love about it! The pine, floral, and citrus hop notes are here in abundance with the grapefruit and orange leading the way.

Medium mouthfeel with ample carbonation.

A fantastic, incredibly delicious, fresh-hopped pale. This is tremendous beer!